David Robinson, PhD, is an economist. As a leading expert on Northern Ontario economic development, he was the first person to identify and promote the Northern Ontario Mining Supply and Service sector as our leading sector. He was also the first person to propose Northern Ontario School of Architecture. He has consulted for forest-dependent communities and written on the economics of community forestry. He is best known publicly for monthly columns in Northern Ontario Business Magazine, and in Sudbury Mining Solutions, the trade journal for the local Mining Supply and Services sector which he helped found. He does frequent interviews in broadcast media, has been a guest on TVO’s Agenda several times, and is often a featured speaker at conferences and events. He is particularly concerned with the economics of climate change. David teaches Game Theory, Natural Resource Economics, Statistics, and Econometrics.